[ADXA] ARRL CW DX contest

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

That's one of my biggest frustrations in a CW contest as well Dennis and 
the same applies if there is only one station calling that is very weak 
with QSB and you can't get a letter or two letters of the callsign. I 
send ? or agn and the station only comes back with their callsign just 
once then just stops and you still can't get it.

Such is the life in the fast lane of CW contesting (and I don't mean CW 
speed!).

ZN

On 2023-02-20 11:16, Dennis Schaefer wrote:

> I submitted my log with the club affiliation - thanks for the reminder.
> 
> One thing I forgot to mention about the contest....I wish they would 
> stop putting "automatic zero beat" on rigs.  There is a lot of CW 
> operation during contests, and many are trying it even with little 
> experience. As a little pistol looking for a clear spot,  I called CQ 
> on 10M above 28.100, so I tended to attract the 100 watt guys, the QRP 
> guys, and the straight-keyers.   Most of these were good operators, but 
> there were many times when I stood by and there was just a continuous 
> tone.  5 or 6 stations calling, all exactly zero beat, does not make 
> for good copy.  Also, they would all call initially and then there 
> would be silence.  After not getting a response, someone should have 
> started calling strategically.  Usually if I waited 3 or 4 5 seconds, 
> someone would, but they should have been much more aggressive, and 
> should have moved their TX frequency 200 Hz or so up or down to stand 
> out.  I see this a lot in POTA activations, Arkansas QSO Party, etc, 
> but I don't remember it to this extent in a DX contest.  I guess the 
> fantastic conditions on 10 meters brought out everyone and that's a 
> good thing!
> 
> Looks like I got only about 8 new band counters, though, so George and 
> John are still safe.....
> 
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
> 
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 5:34 AM <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
> 
>> Sounds great Dennis !!!!
>> 
>> Just a reminder to everyone, please do not forget to submit a log and
>> list "Arkansas DX Assn" as your ARRL Affiliate Club. We are in the 
>> drop
>> down box on the web submission form.
>> 
>> 73 Joel W5ZN
>> 
>> On 2023-02-19 21:08, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
>>> I started out planning to cruise for some new band counters.   I also
>>> wanted to test my "guy wire sloping vertical" on 80 and my 160m
>>> inverted-L.   The 80m did very well, with 38 Q's and good signals 
>>> from
>>> Europe.  The 160m is effective and produced booming signals from down
>>> South but noise covered any EU.  it did let me work ZF5T, though, so 
>>> I
>>> got them on 6 bands again.
>>> 
>>> Saturday morning blew my plans up, though.  I did some searching and
>>> pouncing on 10 and there were so many EU stations that my rate stayed
>>> between 120-150 per hour, and then I called CQ.   You'd have thought 
>>> I
>>> was on Bouvet - the EU pileup was amazing.   I hadn't intended a big
>>> effort, so I extracted myself during a lull and did other things 
>>> until
>>> working a few JAs in the early evening.  After the 10:00 news, I did
>>> one run through 40 meters, and worked a few more on 80 and 160.
>>> 
>>> I slept until almost 7 on Sunday.  I worked a JA on 40 for the
>>> multiplier, and did one pass through 20 meters, then 15.  Then back 
>>> to
>>> 10 for nonstop action for a couple of hours.   Late in the day,  I
>>> collected a few mults on 20.
>>> 
>>> The final score was 404,000, with over 600 Q's, 424 of which were on
>>> 10 meters.  Including time spent chasing new band counters, messing
>>> with antennas, etc, I spent about 10 hours.
>>> 
>>> Dennis/RZ
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